Tech News Wednesday June 25, 2009
Today’s Tech News : a new Google phone, a RI newspaper makes poor decision, Largest US Union doesn’t buy US product for Capital Hill Promotion, Mafia makes money off Twitter, Boxee, and the new Buffy Comic book . . .
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Alison Haislip :: TV correspondent for “Attack of the Show” and host of “The Feed”. (Follow Here . . .)
Why they make a follow must: “you know what’s awesome? waking up to find your email account has been hacked and spam sent to ALL of your contacts. awesome.“
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Don’t Pay Attention
In order to keep citizens indoors and off the streets, Iranian authorities showing “Lord of the Rings” trilogy on state-run television. (Salon . . .)
Stupid Newspaper
Charges more . . . $145 annually to a newspaper subscriber, $245 if a subscriber wants the paper and access to the paperâ’s Web siteâ”and $345 if the subscriber only wants the web site. (Chiefmarketer. . .)
Stupid Union
The AFL-CIO union movement represents 11 million members, including 2.5 million members in Working America. The AFL-CIO heads to capital hill and hands out hard hats “Made in China”. If the unions won’t buy United States products why should I? (Politico . . .)
Mafia Found A Way
Mafia is making money off Twitter. (Yahoo. . .)
Mental Note : Learn to Write in Code
Don’t ever think email is a safe way of communicating. (Gawker . . .)
Corporate Hypocrisy
AT&T furiously demands rights to sell the Palm Pre, arguing that wireless exclusivity deals are anti-consumer and anti-competitive. (cnet . . .)
OMG
Text messaging leads to stabbing. (Indy Star . . .)
Gaming Meets Reality
Fat, bald and beer gut, think Jeff Bridges in “Ironman”. (G4 . . .)
Sugar on a Stick
OLPC for your old computer, now your kid can stop hogging your HD. (BBC . . .)
HTC Goes Google
Android is no longer the only cheese in the fridge. (Information Week . . .)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tales of the Vampires #1
Written by Becky Cloonan
Art by Vasilis Lolos and Dave Stewart
Cover #1A by Jo Chen
Cover #1B by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon
We know all about the slayers via “Tales of the Slayers” now it is time to focus on the dark side. Some of my favorite episodes of the “Buffy” television series was the flashback, history and the story associated with the vampires. Now it’s a nice break in ‘Season 8′ to focust our attention on vampires.
It all takes place in a a small town in Massachusetts, a young man named Jacob goes about his day as usual-wakes early, eats breakfast with his mom, and heads to school. He’s a hard worker and a reliable friend to Alexia, an athletic and headstrong young woman.
But at night Jacob likes to wastes his quarters at the local arcade, where he’s befriended a reckless gang of vampires who enjoy drinking his blood.
Jacob craves the high and the easy escape from the monotony of his life that this ‘bloodletting’ provides. Enter the mysterious and sultry vamp May, who can help Jacob leave those high-school days behind.
Alexia is also a Slayer who hates the burden of being a Slayer. She tries so hard to live a normal life, but just like all Slayers she is a vampire magnet.
As all great Whedon stories go, you can’t predict the storyline . . . even in comic book form.
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